Albert Tatlock

Ta. Ha! Pre match nerves mean I'm up early. Thanks for some great tour reporting. Hope you enjoyed yourself as much as we all appreciate your work. P.S. Only (public school) English use the term 'rugger'. For Welsh it's a definite no-no and liable to get you some funny looks in the pub, if not an outside-round-the-back beating. It's been good so far. Initial glee at an Englishman being sent off after 3 minutes last night gave way to a growing disappointment with the Pumas (still best kit in rugby after Cardiff RFC and old memories of seeing Hugo Porta play for the Barb

Ta(p of the morning to you).

I have a week in Croatia starting in the middle of next week, so it is not in the plans unless Wales get to the very latter stages and the mania sweeps me up. Got to get past the tricky Fijians first on Sunday. Opening match was a good one last night. The Pyrenees/south west France area is my spiritual home in France - which is their rugby heartland. Nice castles too - which is a thing of mine. Cardiff played Toulouse in the first European cup final. I was there (though it was held in Cardiff not Toulouse), and I have met (twice) Thomas Castaignède!

2024 edition due soon I suppose.

Could have been worse - if they had played in Derry. Also @bböp I may be neglecting you in the next month or so (weekends anyway) - it's RWC time! Hurrah!

Ta(tanic) TLA at the museum?

What, I'm going to spend 15 minutes a day with a cup of tea staring at a blank screen? P.S. I don't mind any format as long as you get the numeric days and months the RIGHT way around (so month as month name is best).

I'm wondering what the odds are on you having told him that you model yourself after his stick bag?

Ta(tlock). Did you see the ghost of Tatlock around Manchester? His legend lives on!

Not as well as some who've shared a bathtub with you obviously. Anyway, you'll be back . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgiyq7rqWhg

Ta all. I'm sure H.R.H. will barge in and complain about the thread naming not adhering to convention though (in his usual good-natured way so don't panic about it). EDIT: According to the online users list he may be very well creating a parallel thread as we speak unaware that you've nipped in first.

I'm no expert but I thought the Green Man usually has antlers on his head and a bit more greenery. But then there are so many local variations on things in the UK who knows. Looks more like the Beige Man to me, or Ye Olde Lord Buckethead (you might have to google Lord Buckethead).

Wow, Noddy has really knocked me off my stride. Three posts in before I get to it. Ta P.S. I did see Slade on an early 80s 'revival' tour. They still had it, and still just about the loudest show I've ever been to.

Also, for a general vibe from the event:- https://www.birminghamworld.uk/whats-on/birmingham-moseley-folk-arts-festival-photos-4278687 From which this takes the biscuit: Mikael with a secret guest spot (not to mention that is plainly Glenn in a dress and hat)?

It's not Wolverhampton, but it's not far. So the Midlands finest (eat your heart out Robert Plant):- With thoughts for 'Big Tone', a Uni friend of mine from Wolverhampton who looked like the Hulk but was the gentlest of giants, and could do a great Lemmy Ace of Spades rendition. Back on subject - Cali Stars is the go to collaboration song but is a bit predictable. Just the easiest to play I suppose. Somewhere in a parallel universe they did Unwelcome Guest which would have made a parallel me very happy indeed. Still my favourite song from MA I just for

I've posted this before, but it doesn't make it any less funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdjY6oy4Y2c

Ta(rtan) I am not going to believe the tenuous JT ancestry myth until I seen photographic evidence of knobbly knees and a big hairy sporran swinging between his legs. Until then he’s not my Celtic cousin. If he wants to ‘go Welsh’ then it’s a lot simpler. Just slap a leek somewhere about your person and you’re done.

Don't beat yourself up about it too much.

Ta Glad you made it after the recent flights nightmare. Maybe you got a ferry or used the Chunnel. For various reasons I was not there. Bad, bad fanboy. A double shame as it was your birthday then. I shall aim to make up for it on the rousing Cousin tour.

Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

No, some mistake, was not there. Ta

Hope it's not the Wilco tourbus on an unfortunate detour. “Hang on a minute lads, I've got a great idea,”

I think a lot was down to not being able to identify with suburban brats in sunny California (or wherever in the USA) and why they were moaning when in the UK there was Thatcher, future unemployment, and rain. That is of course a naive and very biased view (and your comment above indicates a different reality) but it is essentially what adolescent me was thinking. Very quickly it felt like a lot of the 'punk' bands were just poseurs (file under Billy Idol). That's why I liked so few like The Undertones so much. They were literally just like me (plus musical ability). Same was true for The Jam

Ha! Good one.

Really don't know anything about US punk apart from the Ramones and from hearing Dead Kennedy's back in the day on the John Peel show from time to time. Of the UK acts plus Ramones, for me still singles only from them and the Adverts (Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes was one of the first punk songs I remember on TOTP)/Ruts/Damned. Big SLF fan and The Clash's first comes close, but still stick with my ears not allowing any enjoyable full album listens there. Not going to argue with your ears - just saying what mine tell me if you are interested. Probably not LOL.